Feature Request: alter static ip on cloning templates

[medicineman25]

I've setup a few templates and upon cloning there is no option to assign a new static IP address. Adding this feature in the clone window would be helpful. This way I can assign IP addresses as I'm cloning based on requirements and avoid network issues, rather than booting into a network with an assigned address that will cause collisions.

Before anyone suggests: no, DHCP is not a viable option either. There be dragons.

 

[bbgeek17]

Its software so anything is possible. However there are already several methods of achieving your goal without tight integration into Proxmox.

For example, you can use cloud-init. A simple script could clone the template, generate appropriate cloud-init which will update the new VM on startup.
You can also wrap the template with guest-fish or similar qemu image editing tools, that would update your network config file.

The avenues are there. My guess is that if you chose to wait for a one-click GUI integration - it will take a long while. Start with opening a well defined feature request. Keep in mind that a feature like this should probably cover all OS variants, including Windows.

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Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[medicineman25]

Its software so anything is possible. However there are already several methods of achieving your goal without tight integration into Proxmox.

For example, you can use cloud-init. A simple script could clone the template, generate appropriate cloud-init which will update the new VM on startup.
You can also wrap the template with guest-fish or similar qemu image editing tools, that would update your network config file.

The avenues are there. My guess is that if you chose to wait for a one-click GUI integration - it will take a long while. Start with opening a well defined feature request. Keep in mind that a feature like this should probably cover all OS variants, including Windows.

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Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

I discovered that I can actually alter a container's ip through the gui, prior booting, which is cool.

Sure, I'll have to learn more about cloud-init and guest-fish. Seems the tools exist and I just need to discover them for myself and use them. Thanks for the tip!

 

[bbgeek17]

An IP assignment to container is very different than doing so inside VM.

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Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[medicineman25]

An IP assignment to container is very different than doing so inside VM.

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Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

Yep, apologies on the wrong words.